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02/20/2013

Pistorius plot thickens: Disputed PEDs

All pretrial testimony continues in the Oscar Pistorius Para-Olympian bail hearing in South Africa, the defense contested all evidence the prosecution introduced. Of interest here is the police/prosecution testimony that anabolic steroids were found in the Pistorius abode, with needles. The defense countered the substance was "testo-compositum coenzyme" an herbal supplement.

For instance, the detective asserted that two boxes of testosterone and
needles were found when officers searched Mr. Pistorius’s home in a
gated community where his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, a 29-year-old
model and law school graduate, was shot to death with four rounds fired
through the closed door of a bathroom.

The prosecution did not accuse Mr. Pistorius of directly using or
abusing the substance. Testosterone in various forms is among banned
substances on the 2013 list of prohibited drugs for athletes issued by
the World Anti-Doping Agency.

But Barry Roux, Mr. Pistorius’s defense lawyer, said the substance found
at his client’s home did not figure among banned drugs.

It was “not a steroid and it is not a banned substance,” Mr. Roux said,
accusing the police of taking “every piece of evidence and try to
extract the most possibly negative connotation and present it to the
court.”

Reuters messed up the name of the herbal supplement Pistorius is alleged to have in house:

Details on the makeup of testo-composutim
co-enzyme were not immediately available but administering testosterone
as an anabolic agent is banned at all times under World Anti-Doping
Agency rules for sports people.

The supplement must be "Coenzyme-Compositum" By Heel. It contains these ingrediants:

That doesn't seem all herbal to us. Furthermore, why hypodermic needles? Heel makes some homeopathic injectables, loaded with crap. Should be no problem discerning between an anabolic sterorids and the 'stuff' (like umbilical cord) in an injectable Heel product. (Or this product for spasms: Spascupreel:

There were many inconsistencies between defense and prosecution in testimony. Witnesses claim they heard shouting and fighting, the defense counters that the witness was 300 meters away. Pistorius said he was walking on his stubs, the forensics showed the bullet trajectories were down, indicating he had prostheses on. etc. etc.